Old Offenders And A Few Old Scores

Old Offenders And A Few Old Scores is a collection of short stories by E. W. Hornung. Hornung was an English author and poet. Excerpt: «The feeling sucked the blood from the old man's vessels, even as his lips drained the tumbler he had filled with so light a heart. Then for a little he had spurious courage. He leant back in his chair and laughed aloud, but it sounded strangely in the empty cottage; he looked up at the bell-mouthed gun above the chimney-piece, and that gave him greater confidence, for he kept it loaded. He got up and began to whistle, but stopped in the middle of a bar.»